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FOREST AND STREAM 
[March 5, 1898. 
The secretary-treasurer's report as read was adopted, 
and the club tendered him their thanks for the able 
manner in which he had conducted their affairs. 
On being nominated for president Mr. Simpson 
expressed thanks for the honor the club wished again 
to confer upon him. He pointed out that for the last 
five years he had been the club's president, and during 
that period his business had not alwavs permitted his 
attendance at their trials. He considered it the duty 
of officers to be present on such occasions. He further 
pointed out that in his opinion the best interests of the 
club were not served by electing the same officers year 
after year; under the circumstances he could not allow 
himself to be nominated. 
The club tendered their thanks to the retiring presi- 
dent for the untiring efforts he has always used to make 
their trials a success. 
Officers were elected as follows: President, John 
Wootton. of Manitou; ' First Vice-President, Thomas 
McCaffry, Winnipeg; Second Vice-President, N. G. 
Mr. Borradaile informed the meeting, on being nomi- 
nated for secretary-treasurer, that business obligations 
demanded his undivided attention, especially at the time 
of the club's trials. For this reason it was impossible for 
him to accept any office. 
The club tendered its retiring secretary-treasurer a 
hearty vote of thanks for the manner he had filled the 
office. . 
Mr. W. C. Lee was elected Honorary bficretary- 
Trctisiirci' 
Managing Committee— W. F. Ellis, W. E. Macara and 
Thomas Cowan. ^ ^ , 
Auditors, G. B. Borradaile and D. M. Telford. 
The club will hold its twelfth annual field trials at 
Morris on Sept. 8 next. , • , , 
The Management Committee was authorized to select 
a judge or iudges for the club's 1B98 trials. 
"The club's 1898 events will consist of an amateur, 
Derby and all-age stakes. The following prizes will be 
given and competed for under the following conditions: 
Xmateur stake: Dogs eligible must be the property of 
an amateur residing in Canada. The following are 
barred- Dogs having won first place at any recognized 
field trials in any previous year, or whose owner may 
have trained for money. All dogs to be handled by 
owner or other amateur. Entries close Aug. i, i89»- 
Prize, silver sup, suitably engraved; $2 forfeit, $3 to 
start. , . 1 1 J 
Derby stake is for setters and pointers whelped on 
or after Jan. i, 1897. Entries close July i. Purse $225; 
first, $100; second, $75; third, $50. Forfeit $5- Start- 
ers, $10. , . , 11 
the all-age stake is for setters and pointers who have 
not won first place at any recognized field trials m any 
previous year. Entries close Aug. i. Purse, $225; first, 
$100; second, $75; third, $50. Forfeits, $5. Starters, 
$10 
A vote of thanks was extended to the club's patron 
his Honor Charles Patterson, Lieutenant-Governor of 
Manitoba, for his kindness in judging the club s trials, 
and to F. Sprado. 
National Field Trial Club. 
At a meeting held in Madison Square Garden, at 4 
P. M., Feb. 22, -the National Field Trial Club was organ- 
ized to run a national produce stake, with charter mem- 
bers as follows: Messrs. E. H. Osthaus, N. T. Harris, 
George Crocker, F. W. Dunham, J. B. Becker F. R. 
Hitchcock, S. C. Bradley, Theo. Sturges. W B. Meares, 
G G. Williamson, Hobart Ames, J. E. Gill, W. Allen 
Peirce (Boston), C. H. Phelps, Jr., Dr. J. S. Brown. 
Messrs. Hitchcock, Sturges, Bradley, Meares, Becker, 
Brown and Phelps were present. The officers elected 
were: President, George Crocker; Vice-Presidents, Ed- 
ward Dexter and Norvin T. Harris; Secretary-Treas- 
urer, C. H. Phelps, Jr. •„ u ■ ■ a 
It is expected that the membership will be increased 
to twentj^-five when all the parties who have been in- 
vited to join have been heard from. 
The National Field Trial Club's produce stake will 
be run in the South on quail in Dec, 1899, or Jan. or 
Feb , 1900, and succeeding years. It is open to the produce 
of ail setter and pointer bitches whelped on or after Jan. 
I, 1898. Bitches to be nominated by June 1, i898._ tee 
$10 Entries of puppies to close Jan. i, 1899, with $5 
fee. Second forfeit $5, payable Oct. i, 1899, and $10 ad- 
ditional to start. The stake will be for a guaranteed 
purse of $1,250 cash, of which $500 to winner of first 
place, $300 to winner of second place, $200 to winner of 
third' place, $125 to breeder of winner of first, and $75 
to breeder of second, and $50 to breeder of third. The 
nomination of the bhch may be made by anybody,' and 
any number of puppies of a litter may be. entered. Should 
less than fifty bitches be nominated, the right is reserved 
to abandon the stake for 1900. Efficient judges and suit- 
able grounds will be selected. 
It is intended to run the stake each year, commencing 
in 1900; but for stakes after 1900 nomination of bitches 
will cloi3e on a date to be later recided. 
The Pointer Clxsh of America. 
The annual meeting of the Pointer Club of America 
was held Monday evening, Feb. 21, in Madison Square 
Garden Cafe. The president and vice-president being 
absent, Mr. F. J. Lenoir was elected temporary chair- 
man. The report of the treasurer was accepted. Both 
the treasurer's and secretary's reports showed the club 
to be in a very flourishing condition. 
The Northwestern Kennel Club, of St. Paul, Minn., 
was donated $10 for special prizes, divided as follows: $5 
each for the best pointer dog and best pointer bitch, to 
be competed for by members of the Pointer Club at 
tbeir show to be held March 8-1 1. 
The replies received from members as reqtiested by 
the secretary, relative to the suggested breeders' trophy, 
were read, and it was resolved that the matter shall be 
dropped. This decision was further arrived at as the W. 
Gould Brokaw four challenge cups have filled the present 
requirements. 
It was also resolved that the holders of the four W. 
Gould Brokaw cups, competed for at the Westminster 
Kennel Club's bench show, shall furnish with the secre- 
tary a bond of $200 to insure their return until won 
outright, and that the secretary shall be the custodian 
of the cups until this requirement be fulfilled. The cups 
to be returned to the secretary thirty days previous to 
the opening day of the Westminster Kennel Club's bench 
show each year; said bond to be filed with the secre- 
tary, and to be acceptable to the board of governors. 
Resolved, That the Pointer Club of America shall 
offer a breeders' trophy, to be competed for at the West- 
minster Kennel Club's bench show. The competition 
governing said trophy to be arranged by the board of 
governors. 
Resolved, That the award made to the pointer dog 
Shotaway at the Metropolitan Kennel Club show at 
Brooklyn, and which reverted to the Pointer Club by 
disqualification, on the grounds that his owner was not 
a member of the Pointer Club of America, shall be paid 
to the owner of the pointer dog Prince's Lad, Mr. Geo, 
S. Mott. 
Mr. F. R. Vernon, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was elected 
to membership. The names of four other gentlemen 
were offered for membership. 
The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted 
unanimously as follows: President, W. Gould Brokaw; 
Vice-President, James Mortimer; Secretary, William 
H. Brush; Treasurer, C. F. Lewis; Board of Governors, 
J. D. James, George Jarvis, Thomas Blyth, J. Roger 
McSherry, William C. Root, George S. Mott; Delegate 
to the American Kennel Club, George Jarvis. 
National Beag-le CItib. 
The regular quarterly meeting of the National Beagle 
Club of America was held at Madison Square Garden 
on Feb. 22. The members present were George B. Post. 
Jr., James W. Appleton, H. F. Schellhass, George F. 
Reed, William Saxby, A. J. Purinton, John Bateman, 
George W. Rogers, H. L. Kreuder, James L. Ker- 
nochan, Harry T. Peters, D. F. Summers and G. Mif- 
flin Wharton. 
After the minutes had been read the officers for the 
year were installed as folloAvs: George B. Post, Jr., 
President; Plerman F. Schellhass, First Vice-President; 
James W. Appleton, Second Vice-President; James L. 
Kernochan, Third Vice-President; G. Mifflin Wharton, 
Treasurer and Secretary; A. Wright Post, George W. 
Rogers and John Bateman, additional Executive Com- 
mittee; Herman F. Schellhass, Delegate; Official 
Judges, George B. Post, Jr., George F. Reed, James W. 
Appleton, H. F. Schellhass, AV. T. Clark and Bradford 
S. Turpin. 
The report of the treasurer was read and ordered 
placed on file. 
The committee on the standard were requested to 
make a definite report at the next quarterly meeting. The 
chair is to appoint a member in the place of Mr. Clark 
on said committee. 
The report of the secretary of the Produce stake was 
read, and also that of the secretary of the Futurity stake 
for 1898. 
Messrs. R. L. Bohannan. William G. Rockefeller, H. 
L. Pierson and Roy B. Baker were elected to member- 
ship. Messrs. Horace Porter and W. C. Duff were 
dropped. G. Mifflin Wharton, Sec'y. 
Irish Setter Clttb. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The annual meeting of the Irish Setter Club of Amer- 
ica was held at the Madison Square Garden, New York, 
on Feb. 22, at 8 P. M., the president. Dr. G. G. Davis, 
in the chair. Present: Dr. G. G. Davis, James B. 
Blossom, B. L. Clements, Woodruff Sutton, George H. 
Thomson and, hy proxy, F. L. Cheney. The reading 
of the minutes of the previous meeting was. dispensed 
with. The treasurer's report, showing a balance of 
$70,46, was read and approved. The resignation of W. 
L. Washington, Esq., of New Castle, Pa., was read 
and on motion accepted. 
It was resolved to offer $40" at bench shows, open to 
members only, and $60 at field trials, open to all, during 
the coming year, the manner and time of application of 
the money to be left to the executive committee. It 
was decided that the secretary be empowered to employ 
such means as he considers necessary to inform Irish 
setter men of the above resolution. 
The following gentlemen were then elected to hold 
office during the ensuing year: President, Dr. G. G. 
Davis, Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-President. James B. 
Blossom, New York; Secretar}r-Treasurer, George H. 
Thomson, Philadelphia, Pa.; Executive Committee, F. 
L. Cheney, Pittsfield, Mass; B. L. Clements, New York; 
Woodruff Sutton, New York; J. Maxwell Bullock, 
Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. WiUiam Jarvis, Claremont, N. 
H.; Ray Tompkins, Elmira, N. Y. 
Geo. H. Thomson, Sec'y. 
Collie Clttb. 
The annual meeting of the club was held in Madison 
Square Garden on Feb. 22. Some business of a routine 
character was transacted, and last year's . officers were 
re-elected. They are: President, Jenkins Van Schaick; 
Vice-Presidents, J. Pierpont Morgan and John L. Lin- 
coln; Executive Committee, Jenkins Van Schaick, J. 
Pierpont Morgan, James Watson, S. L. Stewart, W. T. 
Foi<d, H. Jarrett, F. M. McWilliams, John L. Lincoln, 
Robert McEwen, J. A. Long and C. Y. Ford. 
James Watson, Sec'y-Treas. 
Irish Terrier Clttb of America. 
Boston, Feb. 28. — The annual general meeting of the 
Irish Terrier Club of America took place at Madison 
Square Garden Feb. 22, at 3 P. M. The following gov- 
ernors were elected for 1898: President, Oliver Ames; 
Vice-President, W. L. Beadleston; Treasurer, S. D. 
Parker; Secretary, O. W. Donner; Delegate to A. K. 
C, Singleton Van Schaick; G. Gordon Hammill, T. 
Dudlev Riggs. Morton E. Cobb, W. W. Caswell. 
O. W. DONNEE, Sec'y. 
Great Dane Club. 
The annual meeting of the Great Dane Club of Amer- 
ica, which was held at the Madison Square Garden on 
Feb. 21, 1898, at 8 P. M., resulted in the re-election of 
the old officers, viz.: Charles G. Peters, President; J. 
Blackburn Miller, Vice-President; C. H. Mantler, Sec- 
retary and Treasurer; G. Muss-Arnolt, Delegate to 
the A. K. C. 
The Executive Committee will consist of Messrs. C. 
D. Bernheimer, A. P. Ramsdell and Clifford Wood. 
Applications for membership in the club will be re- 
ceived by C. H. Mantler, secretary, 60 Water street, New 
York. 
BttU Terrier Cltib. 
A MEETING was held in Madison Square Garden on 
Feb. 22. The officers of the past year were re-elected. 
A new medal, handsome in design, w^as adopted. There 
are now twenty-six members in the club, and many more 
are expected to join in the present year. 
The Greyhottnd Clttb. 
The club held a meeting in Madison Square Garden, 
and elected E. R. Ladew, President; L. C. Whiton, 
Vice-President; R. F. Little, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer; 
Executive Committee, Mrs. W. W. Green, Dr. S. D'. 
Barr, with the officers of the club. 
Western Canada Kennel Clttb. 
Winnipeg, Feb. 23.— The Western Canada Kennel 
Club s second annual show came to a most successful 
close on Saturday, Feb. 12. In point of numbers and 
excellence of quality it far surpassed that of last year. 
There were some fifty or sixty entries. The pointers 
were especially good. The setters far outnumbered any 
other class, there being some fifty-six English alone, al- 
though hardly up to the pointers in merit. The smaller 
classes, including fox terriers and cocker spaniels, can 
be improved on, but are gradually getting stronger each 
year. For the first time a genuine Russian wolfhound 
bitch was shown, and was purchased by Winnipeg par- 
ties. They have sent East for a mate, and no doubt in 
a short time the prairie coyote will be trying conclu- 
sions with these beautiful hounds. Some fair specimens 
of the Scotch deerhound were also on hand, one espe- 
cially eliciting much admiration. The "ribbon" setters 
and pointers will, if present intentions are carried out. 
visit New York show next season. W. L. 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
The premium list of the Kansas City Kennel Club, can 
be obtained of the secretary, Mr. A. E. Ashbrook, Ly- 
ceum building, Kansas City, Mo. Typographically it 
IS gotten up with rare tasts. Entry fee, $2. Entries 
close March 8. 
Mr. Arthur Trickett, of Little Rock, Ark., who has 
long and favorably been known to fanciers as a bench 
show handler, owner of good dogs and bench show 
judge, has resolved to go to the Klondike in search of 
fortune m the gold region. In recent years he has had 
charge of Mr. C. A. Pratt's kennel of St. Bernards. If 
his success is in accord with the wishes of his many 
friends, good fortune will come to him quickly and 
largely. 
Mr. Henry Klee, of the firm of Klee & Dean, New 
Castle, Pa., writes us as follows, under date of Feb. 10 
concerning the bench show at Youngstown, O.: "The 
bench show that closed here this evening was very sat- 
isfactory, and attracted a large attendance. Fine dogs, 
especially in English setters and pointers, were abun- 
dant. The judge was Mr. John Davidson, of Monroe, 
Mich." 
Mr. A. E. Ashbrook, of Kansas City, Mo., writes us 
under date of Feb. 26: "By referring to Classes 131 and 
132 for Boston terriers you will notice that it reads 25lbs. 
and over, and under, while it should read 23lbs, ; 'and 
this correction will be made in our catalogue. Our pros- 
pects for a big show are very bright, as we have re- 
ceived up to this time a great many entries, and inquiries 
are coming from all parts of the United States for prize 
lists. Last year we had 253 entries, but I think this year 
we will have over 500. We will have almost 100 dogs 
from St. Louis alone. All of the judges named in the 
prize list will be present, and everything points to a 
very successful show." 
Mr, A. Clinton Wilmerding, the well-known fancier, 
had a narrow escape from death Monday morning, Feb. 
21. A fire broke out in an apartment below the one he 
occupied on the third floor. Dense smoke drove him 
and his wife to the street; then he remembered that 
Watnong I., his spaniel, was in the apartment. He 
rushed back through the stifling smoke, Put before he 
could find the dog impending suffocation forced him to 
the window, where a few gasps at such fresh air as was 
within reach revived him sufficiently to continue a hur- 
ried search for his pet. Fortunately he found him 
quickly — both much the worse from smoke inhaled, but 
neither suffered more than passing injury. The fire was 
extinguished before it did any damage to Mr. Wilmer- 
ding's home. 
Take inventory of the good things in this issue of 
Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given 
last week. Count on what is to come next week 
Was there ever in all the world a more abundant 
weekly store of sportsmen's reading? 
